This month, the Pope’s prayer intention is for prayer with the Word of God. For those of us who live with a mental health challenges, the Word of God assures us that God understands our struggles and always wants to offer us spiritual support.

Thank you for your overwhelming support of Bishop Cantu's ministry to the people of our Diocese. Thus far, 375 families have paid $614,488 toward our parish goal of $440,000. We are projecting a rebate of $128,000. Please continue to make your monthly payments ($14,113 outstanding). Our refund will help fund our restroom and Reconciliation chapel project at St. William Church. Any gift or pledge, regardless of size, helps our Diocese and our Parish reveal Christ's presence in our community. Thank you for making a difference.

We have completed the first quarter of the fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of our parish's mission and ministries. During September, our average weekly collection was $24,514. You also generously donated to various important causes through our September special collections, totaling $6,586 ($1,647 per week). This brings our weekly September total $26,161.

We have begun a new fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of AUGUST, our average weekly collection was $22,447. You also generously donated to various important causes in our AUGUST/special collections at $17,688 ($4,422 weekly). This brings our weekly AUGUST total $26,869.

Thank you for your overwhelming support of Bishop Cantu’s ministry to the people of our Diocese. Thus far, 358 families have paid $600,491 toward our parish goal of $440,000. We are projecting a rebate of $160,000. There are still over 75 families who made gifts for the 2024 ADA campaign, but not this year. Our rebate will help fund our restroom and Reconciliation chapel project at St. William Church.

The bride and groom’s status as the ministers of the sacrament is meant to be reflected in the wedding liturgy, including the procession. In fact, the liturgical guide for weddings that was in use until 2016 explicitly states that “if there is a procession to the altar,” the bride and bridegroom enter last, behind the servers and priest. The text adds that the couple may be escorted by “at least” their parents and “the two witnesses”— the maid of honor and best man — “according to the local custom.”

I first met Charlie Kirk about four years ago when I was in Phoenix for a speaking engagement. He reached out and invited me to breakfast. I was deeply impressed by him that day. He was a man of great intelligence, considerable charm, and real goodness of heart.

WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend Andres (“Andy”) C. Ligot as Auxiliary Bishop of San José. Father Ligot is a priest of the Diocese of San José, currently serving as vicar general and chancellor of the diocese, as well as pastor of St. Elizabeth of Portugal Parish in Milpitas, California.

Dear Catholic School Families, We, across the Diocese of San José, are heartbroken by the tragic events that took place today at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, where a school Mass was targeted by violence. Lives were lost, and many were injured. We hold the students, families, and parish community there in our deepest prayers, asking the Lord to bring comfort and healing.

Meeting with altar servers from France, Pope Leo XIV laments the country’s lack of priests and upholds the ministry of young people at the altar, saying the dignity of their service helps lead people into the sacred greatness of the Mystery.

We have begun a new fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of JULY, our average weekly collection was $23,618. You also generously donated to various important causes in our JULY/special collections at $19,184 ($4,796 week). This brings our weekly total for July to $28,414.

Would you be interested in visiting Catholic patients at Stanford Hospital and offering them Communion? If you are a compassionate listener, empathic, well-grounded in your faith, and open to serving a couple of hours a week, then becoming a Spiritual Care Services Volunteer at Stanford might be the right opportunity for you. We particularly welcome bilingual Spanish/English candidates.

My name is Clare Lee, and I serve as the music coordinator at St. Nicholas & St. William Church. I warmly invite your child to join our Children’s Choir this school year. Practices are held on Thursdays at 5:30 PM (45 minutes) before each scheduled Mass. Mass dates: 9/7, 10/19, 11/16, 2/8, 3/22, 4/26.

Thank you for answering the call to ministry at Saint Nicholas and Saint William Parish! We value your time and are excited to have you serve in our parish community. As members of the Body of Christ through our baptism, we are all called to live our lives in such a way that others will see the good that we do and give glory to God.

“To sing well is to pray twice” is a saying attributed to St. Augustine. The Second Vatican Council (aka “Vatican II”) also strongly highlighted the integral role of music for our Liturgy and worship, primarily as a form of active participation engaged in by the entire assembly, not just the choir and musicians.

On March 27, Father David Michael Moses presented a talk, “How the Sacraments Make us Saints,” at Saint William Church in Los Altos. A popular social media figure with millions of followers, he spoke about his ministries of evangelization with The Valley Catholic.

We have concluded FY 24/25. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of JUNE our average weekly collection was $21,069. You also generously donated to various important causes in our JUNE/special collections at $11,184 ($2,237 week). This brings our weekly JUNE to $23,306. We budgeted our Sunday Offertory income (less special collections) for the entire fiscal year (52 weeks x $24,000) at $1,203,000 and received $1,300,000 (-$97,000).

In light of the teachings of Christ and the Church, how should we approach the modern communication method of text messaging and online messaging?

The penultimate month of our fiscal year is upon us. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of MAY our average weekly collection was $23,273. You also generously donated to various important causes in our MAY/special collections at $13,363 ($3,341 per week). This brings our weekly MAY to $26,614.